Shutting down TBC & Wrath is not smart at all. You’re seeing plenty of posts asking for TBC. The same will happen with Wrath a couple of months into Cata.
This is no longer Classic. It’s like you’re back to square 1 alienating the playerbase that likes the original trilogy. Guess where these people that want to play TBC & Wrath will flock to again…right…private servers.
You should’ve progressed Vanilla > TBC > Wrath, while leaving behind 1-2 servers for their dedicated fans, and focused all your efforts on Classic+ after lich king.
Classic should’ve never progressed to Cata. It’s doa and you know it. No wonder you’re rushing the timeline. Just a very weird decision that makes no sense at all.
it made plenty of sense, they did a cata survey to gauge interest in cata and enough people want it that blizzard feels like its worth it. You dont have to play it.
I’m not sure how long it will take you to get bored with Wrath but I was there months ago, if they didn’t go to Cata I would have quit. By the amount of people currently playing I’d say I’m not alone.
If you watch the infamous video “you think you do, but you dont.” video, the attendee asked “have you ever fought servers for previous expansions as they were then?”, previous expansions could mean Vanilla, TBC, Wrath, Cata, MoP, WoD, Legion, BFA and DF.
Classic to me is about re-releases versions of WoW as they were then.